New York Realtors: 'Recovery is at hand'

11:26 PM,
Jan. 22, 2013

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The local real estate market is more than twice as busy as the state's, based on a new report from the state Association of Realtors and regional data.

The New York housing market recovered in 2012 with statewide sales up 7 percent compared to 2011, the state group announced Tuesday.

That pales compared to the local sales activity reported the previous week by the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors. The report from the local group - which covers Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties - found that local sales were up 15 percent in 2012. ...